The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced this morning. BEST PICTURE THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON FROST/NIXON MILK THE READER SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE BEST DIRECTOR THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - David Fincher FROST/NIXON - Ron Howard MILK - Gus Van Sant THE READER - Stephen Daldry SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Danny Boyle BEST ACTOR Richard Jenkins for THE VISITOR Frank Langella for FROST/NIXON Sean Penn for MILK Brad Pitt for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Mickey Rourke for THE WRESTLER BEST ACTRESS Anne Hathaway for RACHEL GETTING MARRIED Angelina Jolie for CHANGELING Melissa Leo for FROZEN RIVER Meryl Streep for DOUBT Kate Winslet for THE READER BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin for MILK Robert Downey Jr. for TROPIC THUNDER Philip Seymour Hoffman for DOUBT Heath Ledger for THE DARK KNIGHT Michael Shannon for REVOLUTIONARY ROAD BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams for DOUBT Penelope Cruz for VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA Viola Davis for DOUBT Tarija P. Henson for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Marisa Tomei for THE WRESTLER BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FROZEN RIVER HAPPY-GO-LUCKY IN BRUGES MILK WALL-E BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON DOUBT FROST/NIXON THE READER SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY CHANGELING THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT THE READER SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE BEST ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION CHANGELING THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT THE DUCHESS REVOLUTIONARY ROAD BEST COSTUME DESIGN AUSTRALIA CHANGELING THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DUCHESS MILK BEST FILM EDITING THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT FROST/NIXON MILK SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE BEST SOUND MIXING THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WALL-E WANTED BEST SOUND EDITING THE DARK KNIGHT IRON MAN SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WALL-E WANTED BEST MAKEUP THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY BEST VISUAL EFFECTS THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT IRON MAN BEST ORIGINAL SCORE THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON DEFIANCE MILK SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WALL-E BEST ORIGINAL SONG SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - "O Saya" SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - "Jai Ho" WALL-E - "Down to Earth" BEST ANIMATED FEATURE BOLT KUNG FU PANDA WALL-E BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX - Germany THE CLASS - France DEPARTURES - Japan REVANCHE - Austria WALTZ WITH BASHIR - Israel BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE THE BETRAYAL ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD THE GARDEN MAN ON WIRE TROUBLE THE WATER Go Heath Ledger!
I always feel pathetic this time of year... ive only seen 4 of those and prbly never heard of half haha... and I always think im so up to date in this stuff...
What the fuck is Slumdog Millionaire? I seriously never saw an previews or anything for it. Nor did I ever hear anyone talk about it.
Really? It's all I ever hear about. It's about a guy who becomes a contestant on a Hindu version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". He wins and he is suspected of cheating.
Hooray for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button getting so many nominations (seriously, if you havent seen it yet, go watch it. It's amazing), but this is dissapointing. I was really hoping that this would be the year the Academy would break out of its shell and put up some mainstream stuff. I was really hoping for TDK and Wall-E for best picture. Guess not.
The Dark Knight nominated for best film editing? If anything that was its weak point. Other than that I can't really complain aside from Burn After Reading not being nominated for anything. Not that I don't think he deserves credit for that performance but I'm surprised Robert Downey Jr really did get nominated for Tropic Thunder, haha. I really have to see Benjamin Button, Milk and Frost/Nixon. Everyone who didn't see In Bruges really ought to. It >>> Boondock Saints and the last decade of Tarantino flicks.
Slumdog was very good. Definitely deserved to be there. Dark Knight was definitely better than Ben Button. Downey Jr. deserved it. Really good performance. He might win, if Leger was not going up against him. Some how Button got overrated a lot. It feels a lot like Forrest Gump in ways, but not as good. It was also a lot longer than it needed to be. But there is the story of his life told through this "suspected of cheating."It has a nice love story mixed into it. There are a lot of complex pieces that are built to make this story. It's really well done.
It's not that I think his performance wasn't good, I think it was a very good comic performance, it's just that as far as I know it's pretty rare for that sort of performance in a mainstream comedy film to be nominated.
Am I the only one who hated Tropic Thunder? I laughed ONLY and I seriously mean ONLY when I figured out the bald guy was Tom Cruise at the end.